watercress sandwiches
Peppery teatime bites
Watercress sandwiches are delicate finger sandwiches made with watercress, a peppery green, typically on crustless white bread with butter.
They're associated with British afternoon tea and upper-class gentility: The garden party featured cucumber and watercress sandwiches.
The phrase sometimes evokes refined but insubstantial fare.
- cucumberCrisp edible gourd
- cucumber slicesCut rounds of gourd
- teaSteeped leaf beverage
- tea partyAfternoon refreshment gathering
- afternoonPost-meridian hours
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- teatime treatsscone, Victoria sponge, shortbread, crumpet, tea cake
- finger sandwiches
- Victorian foodroast beef, mutton, mutton chops, plum pudding, Christmas pudding
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Casual tavern food
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